Curtain rod



T, F. BYRON CURTAIN ROD Filed Sept. 29, 1924 Jan. 12

AIT NN Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNrrED v sTATrs THOMAS F. BYRON, OF CHICAGO, ILLi-fNoIs'.

CURTAIN non.

Application filed September 29, 1924. Serial No. 740,537.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. BYRON. a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain Rods, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rods and the like and is fullydescribed in the following specification and shown in the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of a set of triple rods embodyingthe inventionl Fig. 2 is a section through one of the rods on the line 2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theV saine before it is bent;

Fig. t is a perspective view of a roinforcing metal filler strip;

Fig. 5 is an edge View of the preferred form of notch;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modified form of the notch;

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the rod shown in Fig. 7; and

Fig. S) is a front elevation of the same.

The device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive comprises a flat sheetmetal member 10 rolled or otherwise formed, rolled into a flat C-shapeas sliown in Fig. 2. This is provided with a series of notches 11, 12,13, 14, 15 and 16 which extend transversely across the rod as shown inFigs. 5 and 6. In this form they are completely cut from the innerportions of the rod so that it can readily be bent substantially atright angles as shown in Fig. 1 at vany one of the points where thenotches occur.

The result is that these rods may all be made alike, except for the factthat the rods 10a are made smaller than the rods 10 so that they maytelescope therein. This permits these rods to be carried in stock by theretailer in the straight forni and he can ueadily bend them in thecompleted form as the individual customer requires them.

This means a very great saving in the gmanner of cartons since it willreadily be seen that the carton carried to contain three curtain rodsbent in the form shown in Fig. 1. is very much larger, costlier andtakes up much more space than would the carton which would be carried toenclose an equal number as shown in Fig. 3.'

Moreover, it will vreadily be apparent that a very much smaller numberof cartons will be required for the reason that two notched rods 10 and10*L by being bent at different notches may be made to serve the purposeof a great many different sizes of curtain rods as shown in Fig. 1, allof which-would otherwise have to be carried in stock completewhen theyvare bent at the factory as is now the customary practice in themanufacture of such rods.

In Figs. 7, S and 9, I have shown a modiiied form of rod 17 in which thenotches 18, 19 and the like are placed or clamped in from the inner sideof the rod instead of being cut through as in Figs. 1 to 6.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is shown a flat metal strip 2() which may readily beinserted into the hollow rod 10 by being flat therein from the end. Thisis so placed as to lie on each side of the bend so that after the bendis made it serves as a reinforcing member for the curtain or bend.

As is well known in the art these curtain rods may be put up as a singlerod, double for the use of a curtain or a valance, or triple forcarrying a curtain or drape and valance. The latter is the form shown inFig. 1 where there are three parallel rods alllcarried by a singlebracket 21 at each enc.

It will also be readily apparent that this arrangement permits three ormore of the rods 1() and 10 to be arranged in an alternate series oflarge and small rods, only the end rods being bent in to receive thebrackets.

While I have described and shown by a few embodiments it is to beunderstood that it is capable of many modiiications. Changes thereforein the construction and arrangement may be made which doY not departfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appendedclaims.

I claim: v i

1. A metallic curtain rod of flat C-shaped cross-section having aplurality of spaced notches formed near one end of said rod in the Opensides of lthe C t0 facilitate the bending of said rod whereby said rodcan readily be selectively bent at any one of a plurality of points t0provide an angular extension.

2. A curtain rod of flat C-sbaped crossseetion having a plurality ofspaced notches cut from the Open sides of the C to facilitate thebending of said rod near its ends to form angular supports therefor,Whereby said rod can readily be selectively bent at any one of aplurality of points to provide an angular extension, and a metal stripadapted to be placed in said rod previous to bending for reinforcingsaid bend.

THOMAS F. BYRON.

